Price:	QTY:
Petaluma Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot 2005 SEALED UNDER SCREWCAP. Dark purple in colour, a big brooding palate that would have to be the biggest, richest and most powerful Petaluma Coonawarra on release. 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 5% Malbec. The Malbec fills the middle palate and the Merlot makes this wines throughly approachable. Even weighing in at 14%, this wine is supremely balanced and so well crafted. It will be remembered I think as one of the classic Petaluma Coonawarra, up there with 90,91 and 1998. 95 points Anthony D'Anna I was a great fan of the 2004 and this 2005 is equally as good. It's a great combination of elegance and power. It tastes dark and olive-like, its blackcurrant-y heart peppered with spicy, smoky oak. All that said, this wine is more about structure and texture than flavour: it flows beautifully through the mouth before straightening up and reaching out through the finish. It's a cracker. Drink: 2013-2023. 96 points. Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front It’s still sealed with a cork but a nice long cork, and one of excellent quality that will surely please the aesthetes amongst us. This year sees a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and the introduction of two brand new grapey chums - 5% Petit Verdot (Evans Vineyard) and 5% Malbec (Sharefarmers Vineyard) It’s fragrant, violetty and perfumed with aniseed and spice over blackberry, blackcurrant, cedar oak and mineral. Cool, calm and collected. On the palate medium bodied and fine - a wine of effortless sophistication that combines perfectly ripe fruit without excess sweetness or alcohol warmth, a flourish of savoury black olive and graphite with polished cedary French oak in support. It has fine smooth tannins, clean fresh acidity and feels fluid and calm throughout, finishing long and dry. Benchmark Coonawarra. Drink : 2015 - 2025+ 96 Points Gary Walsh, Winorama